Week 50: Tax yourself…

This weeks task was to create my own environmental tax, so every time I bought something that wasn’t environmental I put a sum of money (real or just written down) aside to offset it. 52 weeks suggested that I use this money, if I did it for real, to do something worthwhile.

The idea was sound but it was difficult to think about every purchase and it's impact, so instead I did what I always do this time of year and sent out a powerpoint to all my contacts on email. In this powerpoint I say that I am not sending Christmas cards but have donated £50 to charity and this year I am donating it to Cats Protection - www.cats.org.uk

I use pictures from their website for the powerpoint and use the following words -

This Christmas

I am hoping to make a difference

By helping those who cannot help themselves

And so, instead of sending a Christmas card

I have sent my money to this cause

I hope you approve and we all have a Merry Christmas & Happpy New Year.